http://www.stlamerican.com/your_health_matters/health_news/article_c5fb2e38-c558-11e5-8445-77d9c07ebb96.html
http://consumer.healthday.com/mental-health-information-25/behavior-health-news-56/sitting-may-boost-the-odds-for-type-2-diabetes-study-707676.html
Sitting for long stretches might boost your risk for type 2 diabetes, even if you exercise, researchers report. Each extra hour in a sedentary position -- whether working on the computer or lounging in the recliner -- seems to increase your odds of type 2 diabetes by 22 percent, the study authors said.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/sleep-problems-tied-to-type-2-diabetes/?ref=health&_r=0
Women with sleeping difficulties are at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, researchers report.
Women with sleeping difficulties may be at increased risk for type 2 diabetes
The New York Times (2/4, Bakalar, Subscription Publication) reports, “Women with sleeping difficulties are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes.” After examining data “from 133,353 women who were generally healthy at” study start and then following them for about a decade, investigators found that women with “self-reported difficulty falling or staying asleep, frequent snoring, sleep duration of less than six hours, and either sleep apnea or rotating shift work” were at greater risk of developing T2D. The findings were published online in Diabetologia.
Loss of sleep during adolescence may be a diabetes danger
How much slow-wave sleep a teenage boy gets may predict whether he is at risk for insulin resistance and other health issues, according to a neuroscience researcher.
Insufficient sleep common among US adults, CDC report finds
The Wall Street Journal (2/18, A3, McKay, Subscription Publication) reports that yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report revealing that about one-third of adults in the US appear to be getting insufficient sleep.
The AP (2/18, Stobbe) reports that “South Dakota has the largest proportion of residents who get at least seven hours of sleep each night,” while Hawaii “has the lowest proportion.” After surveying some 444,000 US adults in 2014, the CDC “also found that while two-thirds of white people nationally got enough sleep, only about half of blacks, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders did.”
The NBC News (2/18, Fox) website quotes the CDC report, which said, “Sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with increased risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, frequent mental distress, and all-cause mortality.”
Diabetes during pregnancy associated with increased risk of low milk supply
Women with diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of having a low milk supply. This study is believed to be the first to examine maternal diabetes as a risk factor for low milk supply.
Insufficient sleep common among US adults, CDC report finds
The Wall Street Journal (2/18, A3, McKay, Subscription Publication) reports that yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report revealing that about one-third of adults in the US appear to be getting insufficient sleep.
The AP (2/18, Stobbe) reports that “South Dakota has the largest proportion of residents who get at least seven hours of sleep each night,” while Hawaii “has the lowest proportion.” After surveying some 444,000 US adults in 2014, the CDC “also found that while two-thirds of white people nationally got enough sleep, only about half of blacks, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders did.”
The NBC News (2/18, Fox) website quotes the CDC report, which said, “Sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with increased risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, frequent mental distress, and all-cause mortality.”
Diabetes Drug Drops CV Events After Stroke
Findings suggest insulin resistance may be new target for secondary stroke prevention
Sedentary behavior may dramatically increase risk of developing T2D, study says
CNN (2/2, Christensen) reports that “even an extra 40 minutes of couch potato behavior will dramatically increase” the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D).
HealthDay (2/2, Reinberg) reports that “each extra hour in a sedentary position – whether working on the computer or lounging in the recliner – seems to increase” the “odds of type 2 diabetes by 22 percent, the study authors” said in a study published online Feb. 2 in Diabetologia. That risk remained even if people exercised, researchers found after collecting “data on nearly 2,500 adults, average age 60.”
Almost a third of Americans drink at least one sugar-sweetened beverage every day, CDC says
According to HealthDay (2/25, Reinberg), “Almost one-third of Americans drink at least one sugar-laden soda or juice every day,” researchers from the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion report in the Feb. 26 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. After surveying “people in 23 states and the District of Columbia,” researchers found that young adults “18 to 24 were most likely to consume at least one sugary drink a day.”
Dropping just five percent of body weight may help reduce risk for diabetes, heart disease
According to the CBS News (2/22, Marcus) website, “dropping just five percent of body weight can help reduce the risk for diabetes and heart disease and improve insulin sensitivity in muscle, fat, and liver tissue.” The findings of the 40-participant study were published in the journal Cell Metabolism. HealthDay (2/22, Preidt) reports that the study’s findings “could help motivate obese people to achieve manageable weight loss targets...said” the study’s lead author. For example, if a 200-pound woman lost “just 10 pounds,” her “health profile” could improve.
Health Care Issue, Longtime Uniter of Democrats, Now Divides
Health care for all. It's a goal that tugs at the heartstrings of Democrats, but pursuing it usually invites political peril
Now Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are clashing over this core question for liberals, making it a wedge issue in the party's presidential primary. It's a choice between his conviction that a government-run system would be fairer and more affordable, and her preference for step-by-step change at a time of widespread skepticism about federal power.
Heart benefits of good diabetes control may last for decade
(Reuters Health) – Six-and-a-half years of intensive diabetes control may protect against heart attack and stroke for the next 30 years, according to long-term results from a U.S. trial that began in the 1980s.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-diabetes-control-heart-idUSKCN0VY2ON
Combined Effects Of Maternal Obesity, Diabetes ‘Substantially’ Raise Autism Risks
While the incidence of autism spectrum disorder has increased in recent years, what’s behind it remains relatively mysterious and even controversial. But a major study could shed new light on some of the maternal health factors that may increase children’s risk of developing the condition.
http://khn.org/news/combined-effects-of-maternal-obesity-diabetes-substantially-raise-autism-risks/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=25729141&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8DvCuleLmbwvk5g0IFbKvXIaE7rBktGKAgSt8vB9FGKpIROAwc1RUfDkTHfGXIre3R6ZH2XNXwL8PSziz9nIXs96mWZQ&_hsmi=25729141
A Population Health Strategy for Diabetes: New Partners, New Opportunities
Diabetes challenges the nation’s health in many ways. As of 2012, one in 11 Americans was living with the disease, and two in five Americans will be diagnosed with it during their lifetimes. In 2009–2012, three in eight adults had prediabetes. One in three Medicare dollars is spent on people with diabetes, and diagnosed diabetes cost the United States $245 billion in 2012, a figure that had increased by 41-percent increase over the previous 5 years, while undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes cost an additional $77 billion.
http://nam.edu/a-population-health-strategy-new-partners-new-opportunities/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160126162220.htm
Early puberty associated with gestational diabetes
Women who began having menstrual cycles at age 11 had a 39% higher risk of developing gestational diabetes. The study published in Diabetes Care followed more than 27,000 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II and observed that when menarche began at age 11 compared to age 14, women had a 39 percent higher risk of developing gestational diabetes. An increased risk, although lower, also occurred when menarche began at 12 and 13. This may lead doctors to asking women when they first had their period to determine their risk of developing gestational diabetes. Early menarche is also associated with obesity in adulthood, and previous research has pointed to pre-pregnancy obesity as a risk factor for gestational diabetes. Researchers made adjustments for women who reported being obese in adolescence and at age 18, as well as such lifestyle choices as smoking, drinking alcohol, total physical activity and healthy eating, but the results were the same. Further research in a more racially diverse group is also warranted because 92 percent of the subjects were white,
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160202121823.htm
Height influences risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer
The relationship of the worldwide increase in height with the development of leading chronic non-communicable diseases has been revealed in a new article. Height is largely genetically determined, but in recent decades the height of children and adults has steadily increased throughout the world: In adulthood the children are almost always significantly taller than their parents. The study shows that height has an important impact on the mortality from certain common diseases, irrespective of body fat mass and other modulating factors. Tall people have a lower risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, but a higher risk of cancer. Per 6.5 cm in height the risk of cardiovascular mortality decreases by six percent, but cancer mortality, by contrast, increases by four percent. The authors discuss which dietary factors and other mechanisms may explain these associations. The authors suspect that the increase in body height is a marker of overnutrition of high-calorie food rich in animal protein during different stages of growth. Thus, already in utero, lifelong programming might take place that until now has mainly been established for the insulin-like growth factor 1 and 2 and the IGF-1/2 system.
Loss of sleep during adolescence may be a diabetes danger
Boys who experience a greater decline in slow-wave sleep as adolescents have a significantly higher chance of developing insulin resistance than those who more closely maintained their slow-wave sleep as they got older. These boys are then also at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes, increased visceral fat and impaired attention. Slow-wave sleep (SWS) is an important stage of sleep that is involved in memory consolidation and recovery after sleep deprivation, and is also associated with reduced cortisol and inflammation. Study analyzed results collected through the Penn State Child Cohort in order to study long-term effects of SWS loss from childhood to adolescence. The cohort included 700 children from the general central Pennsylvania population, ages 5 to 12. Eight years later, 421 participants were followed up during adolescence -- 53.9 percent were male. Gaines found that in boys, a greater loss of SWS between childhood and adolescence was significantly associated with insulin resistance, and this loss was marginally associated with increased belly fat and impaired attention. However, Gaines did not find any associations between SWS and insulin resistance, physical health or brain function in girls. Importantly, the participants' sleep duration did not decline significantly with age. More longitudinal studies are needed to replicate these findings, especially in other age groups and studies looking at the effects of experimentally enhanced slow-wave sleep are also necessary.
Arava Tied to Modest Weight Loss in RA Patients
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/56367?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-02-25&eun=g332005d0r
To explore concerns about weight changes with RA treatment, the researchers used three national administrative VA databases to identify 32,859 RA patients treated with a total of 52,662 courses of anti-RA therapies. The primary outcome was the change in BMI at 6 months from the date the first prescription was filled.
Glucosamine Preserves Cartilage in Knee OA
In a systematic review of randomized studies evaluating chondroitin with or without glucosamine, the medication was associated with greater improvements in pain than placebo. A second meta-analysis of glucosamine and chondroitin found "moderate to large effects," but the quality of the studies was a concern, as was the likelihood of publication bias.
Midlife Hypertension Linked to Cognitive Decline